2nd call 2nd international summer school
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on Sustainable development
at Kaposvár University
HUNGARY
4-18 August 2012
2nd INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
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Why and for Who is the Summer
University for?
What is sustainable?
Things you need to know
Programmes
Lecturers
How to apply?
Students experiences
Concept of Kaposvár
International Summer University
Contact us
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Why Spend your time coming to an International Summer School?
at Kaposvár University? Our International Summer School is two weeks
to improve your skills and
knowledge about
sustainability with well known professors from all around the world
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to enjoy summer, improve your
international connections, make
friendships, having fun etc.
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Kaposvár University is
one of the youngest and
most modern University
and Campus in Hungary. The campus has a beautiful
green environment, with
Lake Deseda, parks and
the Equestrian Academy.
If you are interested in sustainability If you have enough
courage
motivation and
appropriate English language skills to understand
English presentations and participate in converations about sustainability in English
whether you are 16 or 116 years old whether you are a Bsc, Msc Phd student, teacher, professor or a
person who is dedicated in sustainability
Our 2nd International Summer School
Who Is the International Summer School for?
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IS FOR YOU!
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What is Sustainabile?
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Most people would say they support environmental conservation and the fight
against anthropogenic global warming, but what does that mean in
practice? How can companies maintain a commitment to long-term
environmental goals without
sacrificing present profits? And is that even ethical in an economically troubled region like Central Europe where many workers are worried more about putting
food on the table tonight than whether
the ocean temperature will be a few degrees higher in fifty years?
Kaposvár University's 2nd International Summer School will attempt to address these questions, sort out these apparent paradoxes, and
prepare its participants to be leaders in the global conversation on
issues of sustainability.
Central Europe provides a
perfect case study for the effects of international environmental policy and macroeconomic changes on small states. Though Poland, Czech Republic,
Slovakia, and Hungary are
members of the EU, their economies are in some ways far behind those of Germany, France, and Scandinavia, which have so much clout in
establishing pan-European
environmental regulations.
Nevertheless, as members of the EU,
Central European countries are bound by these regulations, which are among the strictest in the world, and are thus
forced to develop and innovate in a much more
sustainable way. Though this makes the economic going difficult at times, it offers Central Europe a chance to lead the world as an example of
responsible progress.
getting here
Kaposvár University is located in the South-Western part of Hungary. It takes 2-3 hours by public transport to get to Kaposvár from Budapest. (~250 kms)
where will I be staying?
During the Summer School you will have
classes at Kaposvár
University Campus,
accomodation in
our brand new Student’s hostel with gym hall and sauna.
things you need to know
Budapest
Kaposvár
We are organizing field trips on
sustainability, cultural programmes
and free time activites to make
your stay enjoyable
Participation fee covers: tution,
accomodation, catering and registration fee.
If you register until 30th April you
will get 16% discount of the participation fee.
If you are more than two you
will get 24 % discount of
the participation fee.
Find more details p. 17
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programmes
your programme… Day 0:
Saturday 4th August 8.00-16.00 Arrival and Registration
16.00-18.00 Welcome, Campus tour
18.00-19.00 Dinner
20.00 Welcome party
Day 1:
Sunday 5th August 9.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.00 Sustainability and the European Union
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Marketing of the sustainable development
17.00-18.00 Dinner
20.00 Evening activities
Day 2:
Monday 6th August 9.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.00 Sustainable development at rural universities
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 United Nation’s strategy and planning on sustainable development
17.00-18.00 Dinner
20.00 Evening programme
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Day 3: Tuesday7th August 8.00 Breakfast 9.00-11.00 Agri-environmental measures of
large scale farm 11.00-12.00 Lunch 12.00-14.00 Emerging food safety issues in
2012 14.30-17.00 Field trip on sustainable
development (Bőszénfa Game Management Landscape Center)
17.30-18.30 Dinner
Day 4: Wednesday 8th August 9.00 Breakfast 10.00-12.00 What makes pension system
sustainable? 12.00-13.30 Lunch 13.30-15.30 Sustainable local finance 16.00-20.00 Cultural trip and night with
Dinner (Szenna)
Day 5: Thursday 9th August 9.00 Breakfast 10.00-12.00 Sustainability of govermental
social programmes in India 12.00-13.30 Lunch 13.30-16.30 Field trip on sustainable
development (Krishna-valley) 17.00-18.00 Dinner 20.00 Evening programme
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Day 6:
Friday 10th August 8.00 Breakfast
9.00-10.30 Teaching Sustainability
11.00-12.30 Educational perspective on environmental protection
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 The Interaction between humans and Nature-introduction to urban ecology
17.00-18.00 Dinner
Day 7-8:
Saturday-Sunday 11th -12th August Field trip to Lake Balaton
Day 9:
Monday 13th August 8.00 Breakfast
9.00-11.00 Managing the Global water system
11.30-13.30 Hydrogen based economy
14.00-15.00 Lunch
15.00-20.00 Field trip on sustainable development (Paks Nuclear Power Plant)
Day 10:
Tuesday 14th August 9.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.00 Sustainable energy systems
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Sustainable aspects of traditional housing
16.00-00.00 Cultural trip and night to Pécs (Europe Cultural Capital City 2010)
Day 11:
Wednesday 15th August 9.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.00 Innovative companies and sustainability
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Sustainable animal production
17.00-18.00 Dinner
Day 12:
Thursday 16th August 9.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.00 The rise of China and capitalyst System World, sustainable solutions
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 From green movement to Eco-terrorism
16.00-19.00 Field trip on Sustainable development (Kassay-valley)
19.00-20.00 Dinner
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Day 13:
Friday 17th August 9.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.00 The Millenium Project
: Global challenges we face at the beginning of 21st century
12.00-13.30 Lunch
16.00-17.00 Closing Ceremony
17.00-18.00 Dinner
20.00 Farewell
Day 14:
Saturday 18th August
Leaving day
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Enrichment activities and field trips
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Bőszénfa, is a small village in the rolling hills of Zselic hosts the Game Management Landscape Center of Kaposvár University. The center was started as an experimental program, and now, it is one of the most important stock in Middle-Europe, with a tradition going back to two decades. The 1300 hectare land provides habitat for more than 1500 red deer, 300 wild boar, 200 fallow deer, 150 muflon and approximately 50 roe deer. We also breed domesticated animals, such as Hungarian grey cattle, racka sheep, pigs, horses, donkeys, goats and water buffalo. Our varied activity is unique in Hungary because game management, crop cultivation, forestry, hunting, game meat processing and tourism exist in the same unit. We are taking part in many research projects and contribute to the theoretical and practical qualification of Kaposvár University students.
Lake Balaton is a paradise for lovers of the great outdoors who crave stunning scenery and fresh air in their lungs. Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of its foremost tourist destinations. Lake Balaton is often called the "Hungarian Sea". The mountainous region of the northern shore is known both for its historic character and as a major wine region, while the flat southern shore is known for its resort towns.
Bőszénfa Game Management Landscape Center
Lake Balaton
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Krishna -valley Krishna valley is a peaceful island on the sea of the rushing weekdays, from Balaton onto only thirty kilometres, in the direction of Kaposvár. Our area lying on two hundred and sixty hectares – which one in one cultural centre and biofarm too – with really beautiful sights and it holds out hopes for new experiences coming to visit here for him. Our ornament lakes, our groves, and our arbouretum more hundred plants and a home is provided to species. Our dairy-farm, our bio gardening, Our apiculture, and our school’s building likewise can be visited.’
The guiness recorder Lajos Kassai is a world famous horseback archery and bow maker. In his valley you can meet the traditional Hungarian domestic animals and you can see impressive performances of his modern horseback archery school.
Kassai-valley
The Paks Nuclear Power Plant (Hungarian: Paksi Atomerőmű), located 5 kilometres far from Paks, central Hungary, is the first and only operating nuclear power station in Hungary. Altogether, its four reactors produce more than 40 percent of the electrical power generated in the country.
Paks Nuclear Power Plant
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Cultural programmes 3rd International
Chamber Music Festival The festival has set itself no small task in trying to get young people, the intellectuals of the future, to understand and love classical music by offering seven days of world class music programs and high quality events to go along with them. Most of the artists who will be appearing are world famous stars, well known to the Hungarian and international public, such as Alina Pogotskina, Nicolas Altsaedt, Katalin Kokas, Barnabás Kelemen, José Gallardo, Zoltán Kocsis, or Latica Honda-Rosenberg . There will be jazz as well as classical concerts, and there will also be gastronomy, which forms an integral part of Hungarian culture. www.kaposfest.hu
PÉCS Cultural Capital City of Europe 2010. Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia.
The city Sopianae was founded by Romans at the beginning of the 2nd century. The early Christian necropolis became an UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 2000. www.pecs2010.hu ; http://en.pecs.hu/
Free-time activities
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Kaposvár in August boasts a lively cafe culture and nightlife nearly every night of the week. In addition to its many
restaurants, bars, and clubs,
Kaposvár has its own water park and extensive opportunities for indoor and outdoor recreation. The ISS's evening programme will include several
parties and opportunities to
engage the local community on the dancefloor.
Lake Deseda, located
quite close to the university, offers a
pleasant grassy strand where cafes
serve cool beer and
wine spritzers or ‘fröccs’
to sunbathers and swimmers.
Lecturers Prof. Dr. Báger, Gusztáv: United Nation expert strategy and planning on
sustainable development. Professional Staff Member of Secretariat of the Economic Commission of the United Nations. Director general of the International Financial Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance (IMF). Research Director of the State Audit Office. Course Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Professor of the Budapest Catholic University. Hungary e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Li Xing: The rise of China and capitalyst System World, sustainable
solutions. Research Center on Development and International Relations Department of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Nováček, Pavel: Global Challenges we Face at beginning of the
21st Century. Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Marjanović, Prvoslav: Managing the Global Water System.
EDUCONS University, Faculty for Environmental Governance and Corporate Responsibility, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia. Advisor, Institute for the Development of Water Resources "Jaroslav Černi", A.D, Beograd, Serbia. e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Nagy, Imre: The Interaction Between Humans and Nature.
Leader of Lake Balaton field trip. Full Professor at the University of Novi Sad and Kaposvár University in urban ecology and in Environmental Studies . [email protected]; [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Macak, Milan: Agri-environmental measures: for large-scale
farm. Department of Sustainable Agriculture and Herbology, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic. e-mail: [email protected]
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Siegfried, Patrick: Innovative companies and sustainability
Phd student at Kaposvár University. Professor at University of Applied Sciences, Germany. e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Slivac, Damir: Sustainable energy systems. Associate Professor Department
for Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek, Croatia. e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Biener, Stephan Dirk: Sustainability and the European Union. Corvinus
University, Hungary. Jurist, Industrial Engineer, Chairman of Euro Foundation for Science and Research. e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Walkiewicz, Elzbieta: Educational perspective on environmental
protection. University of Gdansk, Poland. e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Sternicka, Anna: New methods of teaching about sustainable
development. University of Gdansk, Inst. of Biology, Department of Methodology, Teachers’ Continuing Education Institution – Gdansk. Poland e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Novotny, Joseph: Sustainability of government social programs in India.
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Czech Republic. e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Lončar-Vicković, Sanja: Sustainable aspects of traditional housing in the
region . Faculty of Civil Enginering Head of department of Architecture and Urban Planning,Osijek, Croatia. e-mail: : [email protected]
Dr. Burger, Csaba: Dr. Burger, Csaba: What makes pension system sustainable?
Csaba has obtained his PhD from the University of Oxford. Prior to his studies, he has obtained consulting experience at a global management consultancy. Currently he is an advisor to MetallRente, a German multi-employer pension fund. e-mail: [email protected]
Dévai, Dóra- Glied, Viktor: From green movement to eco-terrorism. Viktor
Glied: Historian and political scientist, assistant professor at the University of Pécs. Participant of several research projects in the field of ecological policy, migration and civic organisations since 2005. Dóra Dévai: PhD candidate of the International Relations Doctoral School at the Corvinus University of Budapest. Lecturer, author of articles on U.S. foreign and security policy and international cyber policy science. e-mail: [email protected]
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Prof. Dr. Kovács, Melinda: Emerging food safety issues in 2012.
Veterinary doctor (1982), DSc (2005), professor of Kaposvár University (2000-), head of Department of Animal Physiology and Hygiene (1990-). Teaching Animal physiology, Animal hygiene, Production physiology, Nutritional immunology, Digestive physiology. Hungary e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. habil. Gál, Zoltán – Sárdi, Gábor: Sustainable local finance. A
Dr. Gál Zoltán:Director of International Affairs, and Associate professor at the University of Kaposvár , Faculty of Economics, Department of Regional Economics, Senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, HAS. Formal expert of DG Research European Commission, Regional Studies Association Research Network Organizer on Eastern- European Finance. Sárdi Gábor: Phd student Kaposvár University Faculty of Economic e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Bánkuti, Gyöngyi: Hydrogen based Economy. Mathematical
Engineer (1985), Ph.D. (1995) Technical University of Budapest, Associate Professor of Kaposvár University (2000-) Department of Mathematics and Physics, Teaching Quantitative Methods in Economy, Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, India (2011). e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Szabó, Csaba: Sustainable animal production Kaposvár University,
Faculty fo Animal Sciences e-mail: [email protected]
Lehőcz, Gábor: Sustainable development on rural universities Ph.D.
Candidate Ph.D. School for Management and Business Administration, Faculty of Economic Science, Head of the Administrative Board of Studies at Kaposvár University e-mail: [email protected]
Varga, Ákos: Marketing of the sustainable development. PhD Candidate
Ph.D. School for Management and Business Administration, Faculty of Economic Science, Kaposvár University e-mail: [email protected]
How to apply? Step 1 Read this brochure and our homepage carefully and look at the programmes being offered. When you are certain that you would like to participate at Kaposvár University Second International Summer School…
Step 2 Choose a registration pack
Step 3 Register and send participation fee.
http://iss.ke.hu/index.php/registration
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Total costs Deadline 30th May Registration fee:50 € Tuition fee:375 € Accomodation: 85 € Catering:185 € All: 695 €
Early-bird registration Deadline 30th April Registration fee: 50 € Tuition fee: 300 € Accomodation: 80 € Catering: 160 € All: 590 €
Group registration If you are more than two person Registration fee: 50 € Tuition fee: 250 € Accomodation: 80 € Catering:150 € All: 530 €
Partner Universities Registration fee: 20 € Tuition fee:150 € Accomodation: 65 € Catering:150 € All: 385 € Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia) Józef Majka University of Social Sciences in Mińsk Mazowiecki (Poland) Teachers' Continuing Education Institution in Gdańsk (Poland)
Student experiences
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„Just a note to say how informational, interesting, diverse and
culturally stimulating this program has been. I would highly
recommend it to any student as the subject matter has been appropriate for all
science, engineering and sustainability students. The hospitality and effort this
staff has shown all 25 of us has been excellent having made sure each
evening has had an agenda either scientific in nature or having to do with their
culture, including wine and music festivals. They have planned two
extensive weekend trips for us all around Lake Balaton region which is
about 4 hrs away and this weekend Pecs. We also have had several class related
trips including sustainable agricultural/animal science, and on Monday a trip to the
Nuclear power plant in Paks. This has been an amazing opportunity
and experience.
Spread the word.... L”
/Lucie Muns, ISS 2011 student from Florida Institute of Technology/
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Concept of International Summer University
Our summer school addresses current global and local issues regarding sustainable development and its potential to meet human needs while preserving the environment in the present and for future generations. As more and more corporations begin to focus on gaining competitive advantage through environmentally sustainable practices such as energy efficiency, local energy sourcing, food safety, nuclear safety and sustainable urban development, they discover practices coinciding more and more with Corporate Sustainability. This is the set of principles that guide executives and entrepreneurs wishing to benefit from the increased cash flows and innovative nature that local and sustainable thinking instils in corporate culture. The challenges of sustainable development demand new strategies from universities and new ways of thinking from students through stronger commitment to environmental sustainability in higher education. This must come not only through fostering sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching, research, operations, but also through shifting towards third missions. Third missions are those university-based services such as innovation, consultancy, and lifelong learning programs that have become increasingly important sources of economic development in the local area. There is pressure from government, businesses, and communities for universities to align their core functions with regional and local needs
Contact Us Kaposvár University H-7400 Kaposvár 40. Guba Sándor Steet ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Ms. Anikó Kovács International Relations Officer e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +36 82 505 914 Mobile: +36 30 760 63 50 Dr. habil. Gál Zoltán PhD Director of International Relations
Do not forget to check our homepage as well!
http://iss.ke.hu/
21 Small references: All photos has been taken by Kaposvár University sudents of Art Faculty. http://szarvasfarm.ke.hu/; http://gyereabalatonra.hu/en/balaton_region/; http://krishnavalley.com/; http://www.lovasijaszat.hu/ ; http://paksnuclearpowerplant.com/about-us; www.kaposfest.hu; www.pecs2010.hu ; http://en.pecs.hu/
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